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About doctor Nikolai Guk

Nikolai Guk is a doctor of medical sciences, a neurosurgeon of the highest category, currently working in the Department of Endonasal Skull Base Surgery and is the Chief Researcher of the Department of Neurooncology and Pediatric Neurosurgery of the Romodanov Institute of Neurosurgery of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine.

After graduating from the Bogomolets National Medical University and completing his specialization, Nikolai Guk began working as a neurosurgeon. Here, in 2008, he defended his Ph.D., and in 2017 – his doctoral dissertation in the specialty “neurosurgery”.

The scientific and practical activities of Dr. Guk are related to the surgical treatment of skull base tumors, endoscopic and minimally invasive neurosurgery, and neurooncology. Over the years of practice, Nikolai Guk has performed more than 2,000 neurooncological operations. He undergoes regular internships in leading clinics in Europe.

The Department of Endonasal Skull Base Neurosurgery, where Dr. Guk works, is the leading department of the institute in the field of neurooncology and the introduction of modern endoscopic technologies.

Doctor’s specialty

Nikolai Guk is engaged in the treatment of:

  • Pituitary adenomas, including orphan diseases – acromegaly, gigantism, Cushing’s disease, etc.;
  • Craniopharyngiomas, cysts of Rathke’s pouch;
  • Basal meningiomas subject to extended transnasal endoscopic and high-tech minimally invasive transcranial approaches;
  • Chondroma, chondrosarcoma, skull base tumors;
  • Secondary lesions of the sellar region, subject to tran

Membership in medical associations

  • European Association of Neurosurgeons (EANS);

  • European Neuroendocrinological Association (ENEA);

  • National Consensus on Hyperprolactinemia (co-author);

  • Acromegaly Expert Council.

Achievements and awards

  • He was a speaker at many domestic and international specialized conferences and congresses, at the University of Istanbul (Turkey, 2017), courses in skull base surgery (Bologna, Italy, 2017), at the University of Strasbourg (IRCAD-2019);

  • Initiator and organizer of many international conferences on the pathology of the pituitary gland and skull base, including: “Modern aspects of pituitary surgery (Kyiv, 2015), “Ukrainian-American meeting of neurosurgeons and otorhinolaryngologists” (Kyiv, 2015), Posterior Fossa Neurosurgery & Pituitary Workshop (2019) and others;

  • Founder of the Ukrainian Pituitary and Skull Base Society;

  • Active participant of scientific events in Ukraine and abroad.

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